sloka

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See also: slokā

English

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Noun

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sloka (plural slokas)

  1. Alternative form of shloka
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 268:
      But it's not to be yet. There's a series of slokas to be recited.

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Czech

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Etymology

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Word adopted from Sanskrit श्लोक (śloka) by Josef Jungmann[1] with influence of his brother, Antonín Jan Jungmann, who studied Sanskrit.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sloka f

  1. stanza (unit of a poem)
    Synonyms: strofa; (dated) sloha
  2. verse (section of a song)

Declension

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Declension of sloka (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative sloka sloky
genitive sloky slok
dative sloce slokám
accusative sloku sloky
vocative sloko sloky
locative sloce slokách
instrumental slokou slokami

References

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  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “sloka”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 640
  2. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) “sloka”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 556

Further reading

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  • “sloka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “sloka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “sloka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Latvian

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 sloka on Latvian Wikipedia
Sloka

Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *slankā-, formed by vowel gradation from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- “to cut, to twist, to wind, to meander; to crawl, to creep”. The original meaning was probably “crawler, creeper”, because of this bird's terrestrial habits and low flight. Cognates include Lithuanian slánka, slankà, slãnkė, Old Prussian slanke (“large woodcock”), Russian слу́ка (slúka), Ukrainian слу́ква (slúkva), Czech sluka, Polish słąka, śląka.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sloka f (4th declension)

  1. woodcock (several bird species of the genus Scolopax, especially Scolopax rusticola)
    sloku riesta lidojums ― woodcock mating flight
    sloka dzīvo mitrākos lapu koku un jauktos mežos ― the woodcock lives in humid deciduous or mixed forests
    naktī pār purvu skrēja purva sloka... atvērtu knābi tā šāvās no vienas malas uz otru, rijot knišļus ― at night the swamp woodcock runs all over the swamp... it swings its open beak from side to side, swallowing small flies

Declension

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Declension of sloka (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) sloka slokas
accusative (akuzatīvs) sloku slokas
genitive (ģenitīvs) slokas sloku
dative (datīvs) slokai slokām
instrumental (instrumentālis) sloku slokām
locative (lokatīvs) slokā slokās
vocative (vokatīvs) sloka slokas

References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sloka”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /slòːka/, /slóːka/

Noun

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slọ̄ka f

  1. snipe

Inflection

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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. slóka
gen. sing. slóke
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		slóka slóki slóke
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		slóke slók slók
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		slóki slókama slókam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		slóko slóki slóke
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		slóki slókah slókah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		slóko slókama slókami

Further reading

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  • “sloka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

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Verb

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sloka (present slokar, preterite slokade, supine slokat, imperative sloka)

  1. to slouch, to droop

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sloka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive sloka —
Supine slokat —
Imperative sloka —
Imper. plural1 sloken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative slokar slokade — —
Ind. plural1 sloka slokade — —
Subjunctive2 sloke slokade — —
Participles
Present participle slokande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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